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Scrats nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he has been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences - a continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny, Diego and Sid.In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home.

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3.0 out of 5 starsAverage CGI film starring Queen Latifah as a Possum Mammoth

7 February 2017 - Published on Amazon.com

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This DVD has a great many extra features for an only an average CGI film. The main feature, though very well rendered, had a weak script and much slapstick that only very little kids would like. Sid the Sloth was more annoying than interesting -- perhaps on purpose. I would have liked a larger role for Manny and Ellie. Diego ended up as a bit character, which was too bad. Should have had more of him. The plot is a familiar one, the Earth is melting and ice is turning to water, so the animals have to go on a journey, an idea used in such films as Happy Feet Two, Dinosaur, and other films.The best parts are the colony of sloths who worship Sid, and the dream sequence of Scrat going to Acorn Heaven. The relationship between Manny and Ellie is nice, but the film should have expanded on that aspect. The characters of Crash and Eddie were just irritating and should have been dropped. The film has few laughs. The extra features were sometimes better than the main film, such as "No Time for Nuts" short, which was very clever and funny. "Scrat's Piranha Smackdown" was also entertaining when it substituted various assorted sounds other than those used in the standard version. On the whole only an average film for very young kids.

I never took much interest in the Ice Age movies, until they were given to my young boys, who became hooked, and they played quite a bit. Inevitably, I ended up watching them all as well, and really enjoyed the characters in the movie and how they interact with each other. This one, I believe, is the second of four Ice Age films, the one where Manny, who believes he is the last mammoth on earth, actually finds another mammoth, "Ellie." The plot is fast-moving and entertaining. The sub-plot of the prehistoric squirrel who can never quite hold onto his acorn, is continued and adds another level of entertainment to the movie. The voice talents of all the characters are fantastic, paired with great characterization by the animators. These movies are well done, and what is even more unusual, the sequels are better than each movie before, in my opinion, because the characters become more developed. Ice Age 2 is better than Ice Age 1, but Ice Age 3 is better than 2, and I think Ice Age 4 is just as good, or may even top Ice Age 3.

This is good, clean family entertainment, if you overlook the few short instances of gross body humor (I hate it, but little boys laugh--what can you do), and the slight sexual references (one or two in each movie). Why can't they just leave these out? I would give it a five, but hate that they have to throw in that stuff and ruin a perfectly good family film that would be just as entertaining without the body noises and references to sex or sexual organs. But don't get me started. Overall, love the Ice Age movies and appreciate the talent that went into making them.

Great movie! Continues with the same characters that we loved from the first movie. Spoiler alert! Manny, Diego, and Syd are in a new adventure they never expected. Scrat loves his acorn and he jumps on it while on a mountain. It causes a Meltdown. This causes water to come out and flood the land. Everyone must travel to a higher ground to avoid the water. Along the way they meet two opossums, Crash and Eddie, and a mammoth, Ellie. She has been around the opossums her whole life and is convinced that she is one. A relationship forms between Ellie and Manny.

I love this series and my disc got so badly damaged I had to buy another! Fantastic. The product(s) arrived on time, as described by Amazon & manufacturer, it was shipped without issue, arrived within prescribed estimates, the packaging was undamaged, and the product itself was unmolested and made with quality materials. Description, photograph, website presentation, and what arrived are the same-size, shape, color, and it matched my expectations.

In the first movie, we watched three unsuspecting mammals become friends as they try to return a small human child to it's adults during an approaching Ice Age. It garnered many funny moments and some genuine sentiment. In the second installment we find the same three mammals; Manny the Mammoth (Ray Romano), Sid the Sloth (John Leguzamo) and Diego the Saber-toothed tiger (Dennis Leary) together in a valley with a large group of other mammals. The freeze is over and the ice is melting as all the creatures seem to be enjoying the water from the thaw.

Suddenly they discover the ice is melting and all the animals will drown if they don't get to the end of the valley in time. As they begin their journey Manny is suddenly faced with the possibility that he may be the last Mammoth living. He soon meets another Mammoth, a female named Ellie (Queen Latifah) and he is ecstatic at first but then disappointed to find that she thinks she's an Opossum. It wasn't good enough for them to give Manny what he needed but to add the element of her thinking she's another animal lends to great comic moments, especially with Ellie's two Opossum brothers who are characterized as extreme sports enthusiasts.

The animation is this movie is even better than the first. Where the first one took some artistic liberties in the animation of the animals, this one is even more detailed, especially in Manny's fur. The antics of Sid are just as funny, Leguzamo has his character down perfectly. Romano and Leary are just as good. Leary shows the most character development as the one who used to stalk these creatures and now walks side by side with them.

Queen Latifah is fun and lively as Ellie and the two stunt happy opossums are hysterical in their daredevil antics. All in all this movie is light and fun entertainment with some edgy humor, some tense moments where the group is attacked by two thawed carnivores and some very choreographed buzzards singing about the demise of the animals that will lead to their bliss. There are also some moments where the Mammoths talk about reassuring the continuance of their species, they tip toe around the subject but still some small kids might not get the innuendos. Careful explanations might be required and some scenes might be a little scary for very young children, it is rated PG after all.

But of course, the one very funny part of the movie is Skrat, the prehistoric saber-tooth squirrel desperately trying to hold on to his beloved acorn. The movie is worth watching just to see him go chase this thing through ice, water, piranhas, vultures and floods. You root for him but laugh at him when things go awry, and then let out an `oooo' when you see the hardships he endures.

The stand alone short `No time for nuts' is eight minutes of pure Skrat and worth the cost of the DVD by itself.